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Where does “*cicār(r)a” come from?

*cicār(r)a (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin cicada — cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...

Ancestry of “*cicār(r)a”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincicadacicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...
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